Background
Denison, Robert Howland was born on November 9, 1911 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Kendall and Florence Letchworth (Howland) Denison.
Denison, Robert Howland was born on November 9, 1911 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Kendall and Florence Letchworth (Howland) Denison.
AB, Harvard University, 1933. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1938.
Assistant curator school music, Dartmouth College, 1937-1947; instructor zoology, Dartmouth College, 1938-1942; assistant professor, Dartmouth College, 1943-1947; paleontologist African expedition, University of California, 1947-1948; curator fossil fishes, Field Museum National History, Chicago, 1948-1970; research associate, Field Museum National History, Chicago, 1971-1973; associate, Museum Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, from 1973. Lecturer evolutionary biology, University of Chicago, 1965-1972. Field trips in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, from 1931.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Married Society Vertebrate Paleontology (president 1962-1963), Paleontological Society, Massachusetts Audubon Society.
Married Marion Swift, June 29, 1940 (divorced 1948). Children: John Howland, David Oldmixen. Married Mary S. Maynard, August 3, 1965.
1 child, Robert Wells.